The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-16 00:00:00

&PHUT OF . THE. PUBLIC JOURNALS. It sceals c hat Ir.; presumed wron t ily, when, on Sa turdayi.„ was expressed in this paper that if Mr. fa".2ennell was unseated, the citizens of Dublin Nye. be afFere.ed by the report of the Committee an of ,portTinity of returning in another election two fit nd proper penons to represent them in the present :Parliament. That tribunal has, however, decided that robbery of the citizens of Dublin, by cheating them out of the representatives they ma fealty chosen, and ralining upon them cm whom they abhorred. Then :or the tountry what was it ?„ What has the public treasury ? For months was a colmnission sitting in Dublin to carry on the exami nation of witnesses, voters, &c., with no other view than to bolster up the corrupt and rotten case of that 11 - unaculate reformer, Mr. Daniel O' at Connell. al 7Messrs. West and Hamilton ought to have been re- , SlVe the pocket of the said Daniel, bustZ'ng as it was -turned originally, and that these gentlemen, are the with the fruits of his depredations upon " the peopled duly electedsMeMhers for the Irish capital. Extraor- Ireland," by inflicting the cost of that extramotinaey Binary' thour o la ,his decision is—contrary as it un- and unexampled procedure upon the peopie of Ais doubtedly is to all that the public had in the early country ? Here was a palpable defeat and frostratioo Nta :4( SOf the ease anticipated—neither we nor the pub- of the Grenville Act, which had eStablished a specific lie are soxeriscd at such a termination of the Committees tribunal for the settlement of c o nt es ted ci t e i o n so and laboure. ' Any one who attended to the proceedings of a severe tax levied upoo the nation at larsre s Shat a that ',only for the last six weeks• must have prepared wholesale wrongdoer might be exempted from the legal his. mina for a startling result. Without troubling and customary consequences of !mix own transgtoresioo. c oroelves to inquire into the motives or feeiings of the Of course, immediately on the report of the Dublin we Committee—for with these have nothing to do— Election Comomitteo being presented to the Rolls o this we will embody the words the general remark, that no day, a motion will be made by some holependent act of a tribunal which ruled that a corrupted voter so, r lower for a return of the gross expenditure, eanssel should not be •oruck off the pole, because the io l t h e l oca l 0 y ,,onzmission to which was ttansterred the chief witness of. his delinquency was the in- proper duty of die Election Committee itself—viz., dividual himself ! could come with surprise upon the the full investigation under the Grenville Act of olt public. After this decision, which we cannot describe matters which mi g ht throw light upon din Merits of otherwise than as an outrage upon law and common that species of question. It will thoo 'he seen what it sense, coosenitted, no doubt, through ignorance, and in has cost the people of Eneleand to defend Amsesminhk. the cot'oe absence of all corruption, we saw that Mr. every principle of laso, truth, and {oak% the de- OTeunnell's chance of retaining his seat was reduced liberate usurpation of Mr. Daniel ''Connell upon to the hazard of a die. Still we never could bring, the rights h o d f ra n c hisee of the reformed consti fsurselvcs to suppose it possible that the nominees or 1 toe „ cy bt Dublin, and in what manner and at whose the Orange lodge, to promote whose interests at the i eso'Sense he, the grand projector of a College-green election the money of the Carlton Club -was sq uats _ Parliament, would vindicate the purity of election. tiered in thousands e and the most barefaced a: - . l d uncon- There is nothing more disgustine, nor would there - stitutional interference practised by tho viceroy and in another man's case be anything more astound- Chief Secretary, and the underlino.„- 4 of Lord Had- ing, than the cool effrontery with which, so long ago olington and Sir Henry Hardie egewe could not, as Saturday, the 7th instant, this personage confessed, we repeat, think it possible, that persons thus l in a letter to the people of Kilkenny, his consciousness supported by undue influer ece and bribery,• would that he was unlawfully withholding from the real con be deelared duly elected. such, however, is the de- stituents of Dublin the rightful representative of their cishon to which the Committee have come. They 'choice, and from that representative the seat to which first decided that the, evidence of the bribed party was he had- been elected. Mr. O'Connell's address to riot sufficient to prove his own guilt, and to dis- Kilkenny begins with these words--" Before this ad qualify him from the exercise of the elective fran- dress meets your eyes I shall have no seat in Podia chise ; and •2dly, that tthe candidates whose friends meet." How did he know so much ? And knowing were, to the satisfaction of the Committee, con- it, why did he still continue for a whole week longer victed of bribery on their behalf, have been duly his resistance to the prayer of the petitioners, which elected, and ought to be the sitting Members I h e thus plainly avowed to be as perverse as it was This last, decision it was which, on Someday, we gave harassing ? Well done, stickler for justice to " the it as our opinion that the Committee could not people of Ireland ! " But there is another pecu arrive at ; and for haoing done so, we are liarity in this document worth remarking. The taken to task by the .standard. Our contemporary Agitator's first pledge to the " men of Kilkenny" is charges us with igroorance of the. law, or with calcu- "to support cordially Lord Melbourne's Govern latiug upon the ;_gnorance of our readers, for having ment so long as it continues its present honest. course of formed this 'opinion. To each and both . of these policy towards Ireland." His next pledge is to vote counts we pl ea d no t gu ilty. We know very well, an d on a ll occas i ons " as a t h oroug h Radical Reformer." so do orz readers, that Election Committees set law at The third and final pledge is "to use every constitu defianoc, whenever it clashes with their peculiar no- tional (constitutional !) exertion in his power to coin riores. We did not, therefore, dream of tying the plete the reform of Parliament ;" and how is that corn- I ) nblin Committee down to the fi xe d ru l e o f law—if pletion to be brought about by this organ of the body there be a fixed rule in these cases—but we did say, of Radical Reformers, and patron of Lord Melbourne's what we now iterate, that as in the Dunearvon case, honest and Ireland-loving Government ? "By intro -where agency was disproved, one 'ease of bribery inva- ducing, amongst other things" (things unexplained), .lidated the election, so, or rather a fortiori, in the " the principles of election and responsibility in the Dublios case, where several cases of bribery have been House of Lords." And now mark, reader, for it is established against the petitioners, and agency has not worth remarking, this additional sentence—" Until been negatived by them, there o u g ht t o b e a new elec- there is a reform in the House of Lords, it is impos tion. The Standard is shocked at the idea of a can- sible to have justice done to Ireland." Here, then, didate's being injured by the mere fact of bribery, we have placed at once and in one clear syllogism un when the fact of agency has not been established. der our eye, the whole case as regards Ireland, Minis- Did our contemporary feel any of this virtuous indig- ters, and the Monarchy ; and be it remembered, that mel on when Mr. Jacob was sent back to the electors the conspirator against the monarchy is, as he describes oI Dunoarvon ? Neither do we recollect his having himself, representative "of all Ireland," creator challenged the Dublin Election Committee when and preserver of his Majesty's Ministers, and -they ruled, in the teeth of law and r e ason, that a organ of the Radioal movement. With the two latter voter who had been corrupted could not be re- he is evidently behind the scenes: " I support Lord ceived as a witness of . the corruption. And yet, Melbourn e 's Administration because its policy is see the consequence of admitting this precedent as a justice': to the people of Ireland. But it is impossible rule. A candidate would have only to bribe a majo- to do justice to the people of Ireland without making rity of the constituency, one by one, and on the prin- the House of Lords elective" (i. e. by republicanizing ciple that a man is not only not bound to accuse hhn- the whole frame of the constitution) : ergo, " I sup self, but 13 not even competent to do so, his return port the :Melbourne policy, because it goes to make the would be secured, and his right to the-seat established. House of Lords elective." Is there anything mis- After discoursing on law, the Standam goes, as usual, stated here ? we ask. Is there anything ever so into morality ; and we are sorry wt cannot commend slightly overstated? Let any man lay his hand -on his legal or ethical notions. W s th eme i s ~ lying," his heart, and deny that such is the acknowledged aim and after venting some bile upon this vice, he winds o f t h e movement party through ou t th e U n it e d King up by repeating'for. the fiftieth time, an untruth, and d om — v i z ., t o ma k e the British monarchy a republic, th a t d e liberately, inasmuch as the writer published, we by making the House of Lords, like the senate of the believe on Friday, its refutation in his own columns. United States, eleetive ? Does any sane Englishman The piece of meurlacity t o w hi c h we a ll u d e , i s the trite doubt for a mosnent that such is the condition exacted assertion that Mr. O'Connell some years ago, in a from this wretched Administration by the British Radi speech at a public meeting, held up the women of cal movement, and the O'Connell Popish movement, England to shame, as being nineteen out of twenty of as the price of keeping the same wretched Ministry them mothers before, or soon after, they were married, in office ? Can any but an idiot doubt that We have already denied time truth of this infamous such price, or any other price however ruinous Tory accusation, and the Standard published last week or d.'msgraceful, will by such Ministers be unscru a paragraph, purporting to be an extract from the peaously paid, and therefore that the. direct and hie- Cork Southern Reporter, which completely bears - citable progress of their Government is a rapid us out, and convicts our Evening Contemporary of march towards downright revolution ? To us, indeed, grossly and wilfully calumniating Mr. O'Conreetl• this avowal of Mr. Daniel O'Connell's sentiments re- Speaking against Poor-laws, to the introduct:, on of specting the true genius and policy of the Melbourne which into Ireland Mr. O'Connell was some - gears ago Government, his own creature, was a superfluous, opposed, he pointed to their demoralising ef'sect upon this however unlooked for, intimation. We have long la country, and quoted in support of. h'.:s view the evi- boured to impress upon the people of England the same deuce of an English Protestant C ie rgym an , who, in truth now promulgated ex cathedrii, and to then:, no the course of his examination loefore a Parliamentary doubt, it may be useful. When we speak of the Committee, stated that moing to the evil operation of " movement" as a source of terror to all Englishmen the old Poor-law system, a large majority, nineteen who love their constitutional monarchy, we mean the out of twenty of the 'females of England, were mothers movement as at present constituted, and with reference before, or immed.:ately subsequent to their marriage. to its purposes as well as to its actual powers. It is This evidence ?.Ir. O'Connell referred to, not in order no theory of ours that the public spirit of England to cast a slue up o n the female character of England, should stagnate, or that the principles of her political but to sustain his own views with respect to Poor- system, fixed though they ought to he, should ever laws. Mr. O'Connell did not of himself assert any- become petrifactions. Where there exists a natural and thing about the English women ; he m ere ly quoted unrestrained action among men, the vitality of free the uncootradicted evidence of an English Protes- government, we are inclined to think, consists in a - taut Clergyman (he might have quot e d th e evidence pretty regular oscillation—now the aristocratic prin of many other witnesses to the same effect,) and eiple elevated, now the democratic. But the ultimate that for the purpose of showing the .evil tendency of st security of the State requires that this ebb and flow portion of the unamended poor-law system in. this should have definite limits assigned to it. A ship country. To extract malice from this conduct ol; Mr. oug ht no t t o l urc h beyond her bearings on either side ; O'Connell required the malignity of a T o ry ; an d to if once t h rown upon the beam ends, it is chance wile fasten a charge upon it, demanded •ihe utmost sketch ther she ever rights. At this moment our feeling is that of Tory impudence. What then are we to think of the bias has for some time been too heavy towards demos the scrupulous, moral Journal, - which n o t only makes cracy. It was the persuasion of Edmund Burke, when the charge, but invenss two Isntruths----viz., that Mr. he saw the old Whig benches of the House of Com- O'Connell a sserted that }he women of England were mons peopled by Jacobinism, and revolution stalking in tile proportion of 19 out of 20 immoral, and that a b roa d i n the gu ise of constitutional reform. We . he made this assertion, m order to injure the character have the same fear now. Perhaps the reaction of of our countrywomen. ; and while canting ab o ut virtue, Conservatism,* now' essential to the protection of our has the audacity to - repeat its calumny after the refu- religious establishment, and of monarchy, aristocracy, tation was publish ed in its own columns ! In conduct property, and law throughout the realm, may, in another like this of the Standard the public perceive the true oeneration, threaten the no less sacred rights of our spirit of 'Toryism. The hypocrisy and boldness of the 'democracy, and demand, in its turn, from every honest party are here fully eoempliiied.—Mornin g Chronicle. and enlightened Englishman; a resistance no less con- The Committee upon the Dublin Election decided scientious and vigorous than is the support which every au Saturday that Mr. Daniel O'Connell and Mr. such man must now be eager to afford it. Of the 'Ruthven, lately deceased, had not been duly elected, periodical and salutary " oscillation" which we have and ought not to have been returned, but that Messrs. just described, political party—nay, even a nuisance Hamilton amid West' had been duly elected, and ought like O'Connell, may be counted among the ordained, to have been returned citizens to serve in this present and, ;mot unnecessary, instruments. We have merely Parliament for the city of Dublin. Sic transit gloric, left ourselves room to add, that the Irish Municipal mundi ! The ' swarm oo erino offensive, and unprinciot e d Bill comes again before the House of Lords this even• n mountebank, who, by his presence in the “ - huse of ing, when there is no doubt that the measure will be Commons, has d one:Wore to vulgarise tih e tone o f t h at treated on the same statesmanlike and sa g acious prin assembly, to embitter its spirit, ',ICI d egra d e its charac ciples as in its preceding stagstages.—Time s. ter, than any course i"tv-"_ l . - ar that we have heard of ever The resolutions of the Committee upon the Dublin yet accomplishes] as o 'hinst the suavity of human inter- election petition, whose tedious labours have at length course, and 'tie dignity of senatorial p rocee di ngs —th a t t erm i na t e d i n unsea ti ng _M r . O'C o nnell and seatin g persore, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, had no more right to Messrs. West and Hamilton, will be found in ono shove his face in Parliament than we hav e t o a sea t timer part of our columns. Mr. Ruthven, by his pre- Urion the woolsack. Yet he has contrived, through a mature decease, had the honour of retaining his seat to ilexterous intermixture of bullying and dishonesty, to time last. He died defrcto Member for Dublin. Had keep within his gripe, for the best part of two event- he lived we wonder if the ~ bead of the tail" would ful sessions the great trust and privilege which he ori- have displaced a second joint, ala Sullivan, to make z' oinally filched from its rightful owner. The majority way for the return of his ejected Colleague for Dublin of some hundicds of the " people of Ireland,' wh o t o the House through one of the numerous boroughs of timed the Agitator and his deceased associate for which he appears to be the master. Truly it is well Dublin, turns out to have been a manufactured and for our ~ Reform Ministers" that, notwithstanding the frudul en t ma j or i ty . I t was co mposed of " patriots " utter, entire, amid eternal extincti on o f " c l o se boroughs" who had no votes at all—it was founded on a mass of by the operation of schedule A, there are still ho illegalities of which no lawyer so familiar with the roughs close enough, like Stroud, Tiverton, and Kit- facts of the cas e as Mr. Daniel O'Connell unquestion- kenno, to prevent a Russell, a Palmerston, and an ably was could have been unconscious—it was founded O'Connell from wanting seats in Parliament in con on falsehoods, to the iniquity of which an astute lawyer sequence of their rejection by popular constituencies. W e have no doubt that th e C omm i ttee w hi c h d are d like Mr. O'Connell mu s t h ave b een p r i v y f ro m the outset. The whole affair of his return for Dublin, to unseat the great Daniel will have to bear with a and his representation of it, and his political connexion good deal of abuse and vituperation from his party, with that capital, was, in all its principles, and parts, and the journals devoted to that party, among which are and attributes one enormous lie. It was a robbery the Ministerial Papers. From what we have seen of practised upon Messrs. Hamilton and West of their late years we do. not greatly . admire in genera l the seat for the metropolis of their country. It was a mode or temper in which justicei s administered by THE SUN, LONDON, MOND" MAY 16, 1834. Committees of the House of COMIIIOIIS i hitt Cetialiily ~••, • • • . I:'OR THE PRO,T,ECTIO OF CIVIL AND 11. IN LIOUS the Co►nmittee on the Dublin election petition was it most patient and assiduous, and we believea most eon: .6cientious Committee. At the same tiny, we al'e not . —..._ . ._._. The ?.;taianniversaTy Or r tnis gickty i4d4 held„at the 1 City of London Tavern on Saturday , May 14. She'rtly ANr, oio,s;Fla p'clock, Lord Viscount Ebrington a rrived, and '' , d. !If - Q; Oiiii 4 4; 'tl4 lop room was quite filled with 1 tit . a highly respeetabie attui 01 : _ ViScotint Eeitsd•roN, on taking tlle chair, f;:iFrrie'd id that a:.StiiiiblY 1111 ebrdial edrigraidlatiena on the triumph 7.Viii•tili had Attended the baiise of feliglOns liberty since he last liad 1,116 liiiiibilf 6f dddfdsfifttheilifreM that eliait';hut i.bhill lib Wag haPpY, to pereeiie had not in airy' fe , ._";figOt i ilittiiiii§lied the: deal df the members and supporters of the &OAK Mr. ItowLANti Wit KS in the • '''''' - t*df o):ifier . who IVai pret-ente'd by tridi§p'Ogition from attending tne i!!!.k:ilf•dg; 'read tie ietidri: ij. statft that during the past year t he a't'tention of the seeieiy ii. oedii feilllifed td about s eventy base'. of feli , iiotig freedom, or ;he rights e, Bj):44leNce. A r ipliatidii bad bben niade to the committee regarding' the Akpiitba hetWeert the IYdtlt.'Y c6,iference and some so -06130 fOrtheity id edribegildfi Mal iNfit; Batt they had not inl l 'erliiiidl= - 4t3liebio rill6iFANiilithi tiad Dia prif4- tialr} , directed id Pecuniary (I.2thands, chiefly for ehtdch rates; On Proldstani liistentefg; and to interruptions offered o'o to 01100 la 1„ di-ibii . air: One etiO 8f hB,laiter de .teiziptiOn di peculiar setierity had occurren attic of a Mr. Gulliver; agent to the Marquis of Aylesbury. A number of ObildnA Ball EisBeifititect Oil it tiitBe of waste or ttilthttott Iliad near that nobler - nail's ddriialii MI- !lit% pi-Orme of prayer ; several of these persons were summoned by Afr. Gulliver before the magistrate for it trtspass i and were con victed in the penalty of two shilling 3 eadli. The prior men were unable to pay this small sum, and in default WeVi! ttliii• mitted to the house of eorrecCon for five weeks. This so ciety, however, was not able to afford them any legal . re dress, because the time for an appeal to the gdsgit. , n! 4 had elapsed before the facts of the case were made known id disposed to admit that all their decisions during their . protracted 4lld weariSPIIIP infriry F./9P $01411(1 o f law, We believe tbat they acted to ti).- 1 , , ,;c 0r their judgment, -with tl-- . . to most serupnions regaru justice demanded of them. And, A pressiVre frank Yvktliont" *a'§ atteinpte'd by tale Minis= St failed of its eiiett,beeatise th 6 Mem: heirs of the ‘CAtii! . ..tittee Were resdlYed faithfnlly to AO t'hei'r atty. A. indeed, Ithnsed . the ebinittiftei3 by ahtibiptioh, ,hrit 'drily iil tile e'Vent thei. O'Uottnelt, but td f.. , .!. 1 t lA* pi:tiiieqiei - §•; . are desighatot tlIZ; " OrMige Canditiate." What Ok k'tttt'otYr Of their party have kt. 4. dd the question of their ;right Wit ?tt a loss td ednecivo.. And if it had; Vrlkr ',:pply to them the epliet of " OrAilfrifs,_" after the self4roniolatiioW obedience to to the tylllio . .nce of the House ConiniOnS ? l tit brange" , or " green" is tilt the titteeth:t.l, here; it is " bribery' Or a We's the candidates or their retd,4l,i4ett ttgente If proof had been giVa that Messrs. West and Hamilton bribedi, Or their agents, there most been a new election, and they wO40(1. It'lV`e been incapacitated from being can. thtlates during the present Parliament ; but in the absence of such proof, - if the Committee, upon the sitting Member being finally placed in a minority, hail resolved that there should be a new election, it would have done what no Committee ever did before. No matter. They who regarded the " Carlow job" as neither illegal nor irreptehensible, are the very party who would have Messrs. West and Hamilton deprived of their seats, without any proof of bribery by them selves, or agents ! The same - party are now calling out for a remission of the sentence upon Pilgrim I For them the law ought to be " a nose - of wax.' Morning Herald. Some of the slanderous Tory prints have assumed an air of the utmost exultation at the fancied prospect of Lord Melbourne's resignation—a vision which has arisen from the conjoint • effects of despair and delusion, and for which there is not the slightest basis but the 'delirious desire of its accomplishment. Hopeless, indeed, must be the condition of that party which seeks consolation in an anticipation so vain and illusory ! Even if the resignation of Lord Mel bourne were certain, which it is not—what advan tage can Toryism expect from such an event ? We_ estimate as highly as they deserve—and . more we cannot say—the honest ability and unswerving deter mination with which the Noble Premier has carried the principles of just and popular government into action ; but, valuable as his services have been to his country, it would be absurd to suppose that the pro gress of Reform could be retarded by the retirement of any individual, or class of individuals. Some men may carry on the Government with more sincere ad herence to their avowed principles than others ;.but the idea of an Administration existing on any basis but that of Reform and popular support is ludicrous. The experiment of an anti-national, or anti-reform Adminis tration has been already tried. It was a dangerous ex periment; its repetition would be still more so, and might be irretrievably destructive to the faction which would attempt it. So far from Lord Melbourne or his Cabinet giving an additional impetus to the progress of amelioration and popular principles, they have ra ther, by their well-timed liberality and just concession, served as a check upon their impetuosity. Should any casualty displace the Cabinet it must be succeed ed by one still more liberal in its constitution, and more ready to make concessions to public opinion ; and, therefore, if the Tories were not grossly blinded by their insensate raving after office, they would per ceive that their dearest wishes would be only the more surely defeated by any change in the Administration, They could not restrain—nor dare they even attempt ii—the onward movement of reform with one-half the effect that the present Cabinet may do—they are collectively held in such abhorrence and abomination by the country, that their assumption or usurpation of .power would only serve to increase the demands of the people, and make them more determined upon ob, taining a larger portion of their rights ; and l'or our own part, we are more anxious to support the present Administration, from a desire of advancing with a. cer tain and well-regulated movement, than from a wish to stimulate the action of public opinion.—Morning Advertiser. them, The Rev. Mr. HAMILTON, of Leeds, tildti6d the first resolution, setting forth the principles and objects of tile Society, and declaring that those objects would never be gained until all classes and denominations of Christians were put on the same footing as regarded civil and reli gious liberty. He joined their Noble Chairman in congra tulating the meeting on the great advances which the prin• ciples of religious liberty had, during the last few years, been snaking in this country. But they should never for get that it was by the power of public opinion alone that the rights of conscience had been asserted and succeoftilly maintained. They now knew what those rights were, and what the might of that public opinion tug, and he trusted they not only knew how to value the one, but how to Use the other.—(Cheers.) He was no opponent to the Pro testant Episcopal Church. He dissented from it only as an establishment. The Dissenters admitted that in a se cular point of view only small annoyances woe offered to them ; but there was nothing small that touched the eon science. —(Much applause.) They might be deemed very pusillanimous—it might be said 'that " conscience made cowards of them all," but they preferred being called cowards for conscience sake rather than be furious, despo tic bravoes.—(Cheers.) They ought to congratulate them selves that they had a society with a hundred eyes and a hundred arms. It was an Argus and a Briareus, so that nothing could escape its detection—nothing elude its grasp. —(Cheers.) With respect to the attachment of the Dis senters to the present Government, he would at once de clare that they were not the hirelings of any Ministry. But, first explaining that he was now, only thinking aloud, the Dissenters were undoubtedly very much disposed to feel considerable confidence in his Majesty's present Mi nisters. Let him do the Church of England justice. That Church was now proceeding in the same way as the Dissenters proceeded. What was now her line of policy ? She asked far the erection of new churches, and found that her children would give nothing towards that object, unless they had secured to them the right to elect their own pastors. How very near either the Dissenters had got to the Church of England, or the Church of England had got to them ?—(Cheers, and laughter.) They were told that the King was the father of his people ; but those who made the allegation ought to see to what it pointed. A father ought to educate his children ; and all his people, whether Dissenters or not, ought to be admitted to the Universities. —(Cheers.) But was there any trnth in the figure, that the King was the father of his people ? He denied it alto gether. The King was not the father of his people : the people was the father of the King.—(Cheers.) He derived from them his political investiture and existence. The Rev. Gentleman next adverted to the subject of the Sabbath Bill. He knew thousands were compelled to work on the Sunday ; it was for them to ask protection. A royal per ginage bad lately been held up as the subject of eulogy on account of his propensity for observing the Sabbath, it being related of him that whenever he had to travel on the Sunday to Newmarket, in order that he might be on the turf early on Monday morning, he carried the prayer-book with him in his carriage, and went through the morning service.—(Loud laughter.) All persons had not the op portunity of so observing the Sabbath.—(Laughter again.) GEORGE BENNETT, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was adopted unanimously. JOHN MELLOR, Esq., moved the second resolution, ex pressive of the gratification the meeting felt at the passing of the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, and rendering their grateful acknowledgments to his Majesty's Ministers for that measure. Before that Bill was passed scarcely a Dissenter was to be found in any,of the corporations in the kingdom ; now there was no corporation in which the Dis senters had not a voice. Those institutions, as now con stituted, would have a most material bearing on the future prospects of the Dissenters. When he turned and beheld the situation of Ireland it was certainly not with any feel ings of congratulation. Ireland had been the peculiar theatre for the display of the principles of a Conservative Government. Let them at the next general election insist upon this one pledge from every candidate for their suffrages —" Justice to Ireland."—(Cheers.) In that one word, " justice," was involved every thing be would ask for Ire land.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BAINES, M.P., seconded the resolution. He had had an opportunity experimentally of judging of the effect of the municipal reform, and it enabled bhn to say that through the medium of that g reat renovation of our local institutions this country had been governed much better than any country ever was. The great principle on which the government of this country was at present conducted was, that every man should be placed upon a footing of equality with regard to all civil and religious rights, and it was their glory that they were arriving, perhaps somewhat slowly—(Hear, hear),—at the establishment of this prin ciple in every part of the empire. He could not say that he was very sorry that they were proceeding slowly. He belinred that they were proceeding securely. With respect to churzh-rates, anxious as he was to support the present Government, he thought they had erred in committing themselves to the principle of making a commutation of church-rates instead of absolutely abolishing them. The only satisfactory mode was, entirely and for ever to do them away. —(Cheers.) The resolution was agreed to. The Rev. JOHN SIBREE moved the third resolution, thanking , . Lord John Russell for having introduced the Mar riage and Registration Bills into Parliament. The Rev. 'T. MORELL, of Coward's College, seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. Dr. J. B. BROWN moved the next resolution, in which the Society expressed its fears that the bold policy evinced in other instances by his Majesty's Ministers would not be exhibited as regarded the question of church-rates, against the payment of which in every shape and form by Dis senters this Society entered its solemn protest. Dr. HAMILTON said what the Dissenters required was the abolition of the Church-rates, and without it they would not be satisfied. Mr. J. CONDER seconded the resolution. He felt that the time was come for Dissenters to rouse themselves. He could not think they were met here to express their satis faction with Ministers ; on the contrary, he felt that there was great reason to be dissatisfied.—( Hear, hear.) It was easy to be satisfied with them politically , but as Dissenters it was exceedingly difficult.—Resolution carried unani- THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES.—A portion of the press, including the renegade Times, has cast great ob loquy on the Chancellor of the Exchequer for having, as is alleged, selected a particular paper which supports the Go vernment of the standard of size, for the purpose of favouring that paper at the expense of its rivals. Nothing can be more unfounded than such a charge. The paper selected was the largest daily paper ; . there was no desire to favour or injure any particular paper, and the only object for making any limi tation at all as to the size of newspapers, was a regard to the facility, or rather possibility, of conveying newspapers by the mails, if the proprietors were left altogether unshackled to to their own discretion on the subject. We can state, of our own positive knowledge, that both the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and Mr. John Vood, President of the Board of Stamps and Taxes, during the various interviews they bad with the representatives of the provincial press, behaved with the utmost courtesy, and were most anxious to obtain information, and to consult their wishes and those of the public, in every way consistent with the safety of the revenue. We have no doubt that the members of the London Press met with the same courteous and considerate treatment at their hands, though some of them, with a degree of falsehood and turpitude quite in keeping with their political conduct, have not scrupled to charge them with having been guided by party motives ; by a desire to serve their friends and injure their opponents of the daily press. Less than 4id will not be a remunerating price for the time, capital, printing, and paper employed in the pub lication of a newspaper.—Liverpool Mercury. The inhabitants of Rotherhithe have at length begun to bestir themselves respecting the enormous amount annually raised in that parish as a church-rate, which at this time is no less than 9d. in the pound.' Among the several items in the churchwardens' accounts, and which have chiefly given rise to the conention, are as follow, viz.:— Cash allowed the warden fur going to Kingston to be sworn in, and towards the expenses of an entertainment on that day Cash allowed him for an entertainment on the day of making the church-rate ....... Cash allowed him for expenses on the home visi- 3 3 0 tation Cash allowed him for an entertainment on Easter 2 2 0 Tuesday (the day the oAcers are chosen) ....... Cash allowed him for an entertainment given to 6 6 0 the auditors on passing his accounts 8 8 0 £49 19 CI It has bceen hinted to the churchwarden by some of the inha bitants, that an application will be made to the Ecclesistical Court on the subject. The village of Millonfosse, near St. Amami; in the Nord, has just been the scene of one of those instances of roguery, acting upon gross ignorance and superstition, for merly so prevalent. A farmer of the place, having a sick cow, sent for a celebrated magician of Aiche to cure her. The conjuror, on his arrival, immediately pronounced the animal bewitched, and that there must be a mole in her manger. After pretending to search, he produced something bearing the shape of this animal, and threw it into the fire. An ex plosion took place, and filled the room with a sulphurous smoke. After performing some other buffooneries, during which he contrived to extract a piece of money froth each member of the family, and transfer it into his own pocket, be declared that the charm was complete, that the cow would recover. He bade them also specially mark the first person who should cross the threshold next morning, for it would be the sorcerer who had put the spell upon the animal. A luckless friend of the family happening to pay them an early visit, was of course set down 'as the wizard, and instead of the usual welcome, was received with a volley of execrations, and was fortunate in escaping without more lasting proofs of the ill effects of an evil _French Paper. t e a a tn. learn from the Journal c/U Loire that the small town of Clery became on Friday the scene of a disturbance, arising from a singular cause. An old wooden figure of the Virgin in the Church having become black and worm-eaten, the church-wardens proposed to re-place it by a new statute in plaster. But, as the ancient figure, which had become cele brated from having been the object of the adoration of Louis XL, was supposed by the good old wives of the place to pos sess miraculous powers, they excited an opposition to the in tended change. On the day in question the labourers in the vineyards in the neighbo urhood, instead o f going to their work, assembled in the chu r c h, and waited quietly till the ser vice was over; but when the p riest had taken off his robes, and was retiring, they surrounded him, and declared in voci ferous terms that he should not pass till he had restored to them their good Virgin. The shrill voices of females mingled in the tumult, and exclaimed that their Virgin had been sold to the church of Notre Dame de Chartres for 40,000 fr. The mayor and peace-officers, aided by a brigade of gendarmes, vainly endeavoured to calm the tumult by remonstrances. At length the antique figure was discovered in an obscure corner, and re-placed in the niche it had occupied for so many ages. Having then made the choristers chant a "Te Deum," the crowd dispersed, satisfied that a good work had been ac complished. • mouEly. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON (M.P. for Ashburton) partici pated in the regret entertained on account of the delay that had occurred in the redress of the Dissenters' grievances. He denounced the cruel and intolerant persecution of which Dr. Hampden had been the subject.—(Cheers.) He found on looking over the accounts of Dr. Hampden's progress, that after the publication of his Bampton Lec tures Lord Grenville, at that time Chancellor, nominated him to the Principalship of St. Mary ; there was n 3 objec• tion urged against him then ; on the contrary he had the approbation of the whole University.—( Hear.) Next he was appointed, by the University—(Hear)—to the lec tureship of moral philosophy. After that, he ventured to express the unpalatable opinion that Dissenters might , be admissible into the Universities in common with members of the Church of England. Here was the cause of the at ,tacks upon him.—(Applause.) The Hon. Gentleman then referred to a sermon preached by the Rev. G. Croly on the 20th of March, at St. Stephen's Walbrook. It had been sent to him anonymously, he supposed for his conversion.— (Laughter.) He quoted passages from it, denying that the Dissenters had any grievances whatever, declaring that the clergy of the Church of England never interfered in secular matters, &c., &c. The reading of these extracts very much amused, however little it edified the meeting. Several other resolutions were moved and carried unani mously, the proposers and seconders of.which were Mr. Edmonds, the Rev. Dr. Ross, of Kidderminster, Mr. John Greene, of Birmingham, Dr. Morrison, and Mr. Band, from America. The Rev. THOMAS RussELL seconded the resolution. M.._ ..........O. While the Dissenters-Watt a aoustomed to speak veryh4bly KING'S BENCH, SAT ,‘".51tD,..k Y • 6 1 f the general principles of' Wit" and justice, he Mks' _____,..„........--- anxious 1144.t1tcY should at least be just td the' C4urch o! • TARBUTT V. SAUNDERS- England. Thci tiiMil'Ors claimed the right to etltef the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for - the I laintiff, °Vet' Universities w ithout being imatt.,4 to take any test ; hut ' this was an action in which the plaintiff sought to rt.'e l , y what :;!are th e y th e mselves doing all at while ? They damages for a very violent assault committed on I + l l 4 0 „ e ian, were actually Ptlititling for those who entered ?mo th e ir the defeat. The plaintiff was an elderlY ge." -a e Ministiy a form of test and subscription.—(Loud cries tof and was a (4,.•vernor of Christ's Hospital, and bad Ete r to t! 7;a r yMCI '' Name !") Let there be universal , just,' and so rektnY years a...,*0 by being a bermiactor to the Hospita a sa ,*(l that inipdrti s ai liberty. Be would repeat it ; they were framing-; the a:not:o4 o f - 46: ; 11. The d e f e t u lant was a youngeri ar , frZltr , time to title at Bristol, at Birmingham, in London, stronger, amf }ly e . hoi e ved h e m i g -lt add, a wealthie r t ° ; of tests, at the C o ttgootional Boards, resolutions in the shape was a coMmon-c(Nociiman of the city, and by virtue ot Fieie the interruption of the Rev. Gentleman was so P that office, likewise ,;,4. governor of Christ's Hospital. T.he, laintiff, admiring, like all others, ,:leis noble institutiou,.itt great, fly thei *AM vociferous cries of ,-. No, no r.' and by not think that the tnanag•etnent of i.t: was entirely incessant hissing, thet— fault, and, without intendhlg to imp ute any blame the ht The Noble CHAtemnr.4 tfrio obliged to interi:oze. personal conduct' of the go y nnors g, .nerally, he thotig.. The Rev. Mr. Rus:eELL would Produce in print proof of that there were certain antiquated pm aims which m P o ' the Itiethliiiiotervey of the Dissenting bodies. His object be reformed. . Acting upon this . wtt o i ot : epinien, he took c ertat ‘. was, that they Shuidel 1 - 1 w hat they profess ea to be, and Measures which had given considerabie al nothing e l se —not merely ale ot , isY adherents of liberty, nut f governors. The• defendant, it wou.l.d appear, was on tde f.tq4; practical manifestators Of it, if he might be pet- cf those who were offended, and he sec med to have 'flitted the Ottkesion. low e.d this old too much to •flen '' grudge„, III U t., • e his conduct on Dr. BaowNE could nix avoid stating, that 'if the Rev. tide occazten. He had permitted his ang..ar to mak° hill ' virence to some of Gentleman, in his remarks, ti`de 9,lltling to .the declaration forget whet was due to decency and propriety. orfalai recently put forth, and if' he meant to assert that Mr. Px.r,7 addressed the Jury for the defendzw(- a there was anyth?tv in the nature of a test contained in that Lord DENMAN summed up, and the Tury returned declaration, lie (Dr. Brdwoe) would say there never was so verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 801. tiferli . A misrepresentation made by man.—This resolution was agreed to, The Rev. Dr. fiEII*F.TT moved a vote of condolence to the two gentlemen who bud recently been confined in the gao l, Calton-hill, in the city ofEdinburgh, for refusing to pay Church iiioney, Mr. Cox moved a vote of thanks to Lord Ebrington, -4hlch was seconded by Mr. J. Brown, of Wareham. Lord Lteisiwrosi said that, with the exception of one, he could concur in all the resolutions that bad been pro iSed. The resolution with res p ect to which lie 'bad the nliefottupe to differ from them, !Os that relating to Church rates, whiell Wititerrtioned, not with a victr to enter into any discussion of the queStidil; 19,, , m use he felt that if the very eloquent speeches which he had bet:Mb-ad failed to convince him, there was little chance indeed that ti 'ithing he could say would have the effect of converting them : bii'!: he was anxious to guard himself against his silence being construed into an assent, and rendering him liable to the charge of in consistency when contrasted with the conduct he should pursue on the question being brought forward in another place.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It gave him great pleasure to express his perfect conctitrence in all the other resolutions. (Cheers.) It was another source of high gratification to him, that in the resolution referrin g to the admission of Dissenters to the Universities , they had thought fit to em body a vote of thanks to that - great and illustrious divine , Dr. Hampden.--(Cheers.) He had, indeed, nobly justi fied their choice—(Cheering)—in that declaration of his ptinciples contained in his inaugural address, delivered from the.divinity chair of Oxford. That address he would re eommend to those who had not read it, as one of the most bedtitiful ettplanations of the Christian faith of a Christian Minister, the: ever was penned.—(Cheers.)' He had no- , bly justified the choiCtl Of the Government, and he trusted that the Government would as firmly support Mtn. — (Cheers.) He trusted that his present elevation would be only the prelude to'a further advancement of him to the high honours of the Church.—(Great cheering.) The Noble Lord, in conclusion, thanked the meeting for their atten ion, and withdrew amidst much applause. THE GLOUCE S TER. BANKEK`• are in, , From the extreme singal-- arity of this gentleman, we duced to add a fete more anecdotes. Many years back there was a stron g contest likely to arise r . in the election of a Gov ernor, or De p ut y Governor, we fog e t ! at this moment which, of the Bank of England, and each party was of course on the alert to secure the support of ae , the holders of Bank Stock. Amongst those to whom aPP Ii " cation was made, was the 2ec.eased Mr. Jas. Woo d, of Glouces ter. Accordingly a letter w as forwarded to that gentleman, with a request that he would Nome up to the election for the purpose of voting. Mr. W 0,14 wrote in reply to the appl.i: cation that Ire had no objection to p a y a visit to the metropoile in furtherance of the object submitt .ed to him, but that he inus' hav f e his expenses paid, stipulating •at the same time that the money must be sent down to him b 'fore he started, and also that one portion of the cost would cons is. t of a post-c hais e w ith four horses from Gloucester to Lend lt,', and from London hack again to Gloucester. This demacd, so urgent wa s the case considered, was acceded to, and the a mount of the esti mated expense remitted. The rich country' .banker, . howev r ' very coolly pocketed the, money and came .'ip to town as an 1 outside passenger on the cheapest coach runnikg from Glou cester. Wig' be Upon another occasion, when Mr. Wood was in went upon 'Change, and after shuffling about for mustered up sufficient resolution to accost one of the leatf, merchants, when the following dialogue took p l 'ace. L. ." should, however, premise that " Jemmy" dressed in " is was usual style of dirt and shabbiness.. ,_ . i , Mr. Wood (rubbing his hands)—Can you tell me• Vu s " the price of Bank Stock, eh ? hat Merchant—Bank Stock ! the price of Bank Stock ? ri can that signify to you ? Mr. Wood—Eh, eh, I 'should like to know, can you tell icee? Merchant (turning away)—lt can't signify to you what th e price is. Mr. Wood (chuckling and following the merchaut).---14 d!l, oh yes, it does—l have got a little of it. son; tittle, iVieTchant—,You got a little of it? I should think 1 11 /1, you do nOt loolc like the ho lder of an y stock, much less BO' Mr. Wood Stock. ( w i t h increased joyousness of manner, and ru t bing his hands with re hewed vigour)—Eh, eh, eh—oh Yom' I've got a little. Merchant—You (with an (expression of scorn) you a pr° - prietor of Bank Stock 1 Mr. Wood (the hands still mm.. e rapidly at work than b e : fore)—Eh, eh, eh—yes, I have g m, a little: I'll lay YOll - more tban you have—eh, eh, eh, will wager of it—l'll lay you a wager—Tit lay you a wager' ? l y ou la —afraid, „ Merchant—(laughing with contempt stro,N,Tly marked , __ A ° - his countenance) —Lay a wager, indeed—wet.: I don't mP" to humour you—what shall it be ? Mr. Wood—Eh, eh, a shilling—a shilling. M e l-chant—Very well. Mr. Wood and the Merchan t accordin g l y adjourned.tot:o2: Bank, where it was found , to the hi g h g lee of the cotto banker, because . 1 ,0 had won a shilling, that M r. Wood 0° u"5 in the books as the holder of somethin g better than 700,00 of Bank Stock 1 Mr. Wood did not fail to make the circumstance of his 130" ing won a wager of a London merchant known oipreaching home. --- Last week some sacrilegious burglars broke into Long Sutton Church, forced open tho boxes, scattered the papers which they contained, and stole the clergyman's black silk scarf. Several other articles were collected, but not car ried off, as the thieves seemed to have been disturbed and alarmed during their depredations. NEW MANURE.--We observe from an atlvertise mut in our first page, that a new manure, under the chemi cal name of " animalized carbon," has taken the field in cont.- petition with the bone dust. We leave our agricultural friends in the north to test its qualities, but we understand it 1 is from 15s. to 20s. per acre cheaper than the bone manure, and we have seen letters speaking of its virtues in the most unqualified terms of approbation. One gentleman from Nor folk, Mr. Richard Taylor, states that last summer he used three tons for turnips, and in the same field he used rape dust and also bones ; he put on for turnips half a ton an acre, with a slight dressing of manure, and half a ton of bones per acre and manure, and half a ton of rape dust per acre and manure—in the same proportion , a nd all in the same field. The result was, that where he used carbon, the tur nips were by far the best, and were less injured by the fly. The Duke of Portland had ten tons for turnips, and the pro duce was as good, if not better, than where bones were used on the same land. A Scottish farmer, Mr. Andrew Dal gairns, of Ingleston, Forfarshire, has applied the carbon as a manure for turnips for the two last seasons with the best ef fect : the grass was more promising after the carbon than the bone dust. Now, these are are practical instances of suc cess, and afford a fair guarantee to the most cautious farmer that in giving the new manure a fair trial, he is not wasting his time or means on an untried visionary speculation. We have no doubt the respectable agents here will afford every facility and information as to the use of the carbon.—lnver ness Courier. A great number of the inhabitants of thelsl e t he Man have signed a memorial , strongly protesting againSt proposed extinguishment of that island as a :separate Placards were issued by the Rev. T. T. Crybhace'e at the latter end . of last week, in Bradford, public that he would deliver two lectures on Church Re , ' &c., in Philadelphia Chapel, on Tuesday, and Tiredneol4 evenings. The trustees of the chapel, since the a ppea.talT e wa s the placard, have issued another, stating that the chal-vi, La t a cquaintinforoth lent to Mr. Crybbace for the delivery of one lecture, and }"„ strictly on a religious subject; and that as he has ' 4 "; nounced the delivery of two leer-tires on subjects of entirely., political nature, they do not feel it ryudent to grant the use 0' the chapel. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Crybbace sent the bellman round the town to inform the public that as the truP tees had refused the use of the chapel, Ne would deliver a le e ' ture at the open space of ground before tire chapel. • The die, senters of Bradford, as at his former visit, brie .not co-operate' with him.—Halifax Express. DEATH BY LIGHTNING.-0 0 Saturday- se'nruz, a terrific storm of hail, snow, rain, and lightning; tsurs tl/1 1 ° , the inhabitants of Horwich-moor, near B olton, and its' vl.„Vet The step-daughter of Mary Hough , residing at the •ITi-jair place, was struck senseless to the groun d ; her skin ana „r§ were also very much scorched. Two other step-d4u4bt'of struck by the electric, fluid. Shortly after this another etal!b• thunder reverberated, and a labou rin g man was struck to.!, to earth. This shock shivered the cottage of Mary Houe ht pieces ; a son of this woman ha d his hair sin g ed, and his rghe shoulder much burnt. As she entered what remained ° air cottage she saw another son, Josoph, lying on the floor ; his h c peared quite dead; his hair wag completely burnt o ff; clothes and stockings were entirely consumed, and no t h i n g 11 mained of his linen but the wristbands and shirt neck. an d was lifted, but he gave only a few heavy convulsive sob s c d, then expired. The entire of the fu rniture was destroryost broken, or burnt, with the exception of two old chairs. 110 0 part of the house where Mrs. Hough ran into when the 8 e l, OO . com menced was wholly knocked down ; the joists We' i g pletely lifted up, and the timbers split in two. Five 1 9° . n ° ", of an adjoining loomhouse were damaged, and a small pof,°ose the warp in one of them burnt. All the bedding of the toil e was destroyed, and the clock was shivered to .atorns• walls 18 inches thick, were thrown down. Nre• , 1 "?;i'ae• husband was from home at the time of the dreat ' - at the This family have supported themselves chiefly by wori , ' loom, but by this awful visitation are now completely Les...l.efr'' 11" SETS OF PLATED DISH COVERS, IV' ;OS STRONG SILVER EDGES, may he selec ted from of ,7: a r 'i,i.nl Patterns, price 20/. tha Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S. W jdo n , Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Wa t c hmaker, 47, Cornhill,P,'6 The Set consists of one cover 20 inches diameter, one of 14, and 12 inches. upe ri t °r N.B. The SHOW-ROO3l contains a large variety of c h I,is Silver-edged. Plated Goods. A Pamphlet given gratis, of Prices of Silver Spoons and Forks, Silver Plate. Watches, Clocks, &c. In consequence of an application to the Thames Police magistrates, by Messrs. Oddie, Forster, and Lumly, solicitors, on the part of the Duke of Buccleuch, an inquiry has been made respecting the accident which occurred on the night of the 30th ult., at the steam-wharf at Blackwell, to Harriet Fox, belonging to his Grace's household. The oc currence nearly proved fatal to another female, a Mrs. God den, the wife of a groom in the Duke of Cleveland's estab lishment, who has since been severely ill, in consequence of the fright occasioned by her immersion in the water. On the night in question, the deceased, accompanied by her niece, Ca roline Fox, who had engaged a passage in the Soho, to pro ceed to Scotland, went on board between 9 and 10. They were accompanied by Mrs. Godden, Mr. Rotherham, of Crown street, Soho-square, and Mr. Brown, under-butler, to his Grace. The females having secured their cabins, were in vited by their friends to go ashore until the vessel was ready to start, and partake of some refreshment at the Brunswick Hotel. Caroline Fox crossed over the gangway-board leading from the vessel to the wharf, and was followed by Mrs. Godden and her aunt, when, just as the girl stepped on the pier, she felt the board moving, and turning round found it had slipped and given way, with her aunt and Mrs. Godden upon it. They fell between the steamer and the wharf into the water close to the paddle-box, and screamed aloud for help. Alexander Lyon, who was outside the vessel, closing-in the ports, imme diately jumped into a boat alongside, and succeeded in saving Mrs. Godden, who had clung to the board, after she had been in the water four or five minutes. She was quite exhausted, and was taken to the Brunswick, where she remained several days before she was removed. In the midst of the confusion the deceased was forgotten, until Mr. Rother ham, whose foot was on the plank when it gave way, and nar rowly escaped by jumping backwards, called out that another woman was in the water ; the drags were thrown out and the second mate of the Soho went down the wheel into the water, in the hope of finding her there, but all efforts to save her were unsuccessful. It is supposed she was stunned by a blow she received in falling, and was carried under the vessel. She had been attached to the Duke's establishment npwards of seven years, war. of exemplary character, and held in high esteem. , . BIRTHS. Aaehter. On the 12th inst., the lady of A dam Beck, Esq., of a EA"' On the 12th inst:, at Dartford , t he wife of R. W. 14:_ero lar. ' of a daughter. On the 13th inst.. the lady of Ha mbl y Kna pp , Esq., 'if a -"'"- 6al:l> _____------- MARRIED. Poe!' On the 12th inst., at St. Pet er ' s, Walworth, M v r. JAI, I d o& second son of Mr. F. Jones, of .Ludgate-hill, to M iss Sarah u p. Moates, of Kennington. e, ? On the 12th inst., at Abergavenny, Mr . Thomas La ne , Of St. Mary Axe , and Denma rk-hill, Camberwell, to Anne, r of V. IL Sth, E, of Aberavenny. tes lll On the 3d ul m t. i , at St. sq. Andrew's g Church, Plymouth, Let t j , A. Duins, R.N., to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Ilev' ChaUndy, of Charlinck House, Somerset. di arl' On the 21st ult., in Limerick, William Sheppard, E 5 ,19 t youngest daughter of the late W. Carey, Esq. of that city. fli es On the 14th inst., at St. Mark's Church, 'Kennington! ‘-' 0 11 Candy, Esq., of Park-hill, Tooting, to Margaret PaPi nc4th , daughter of W. M. Papineau, Esq., of Kennington. s t eplw; On this 12th inst. at East Ham Church, by the en s , Esq'' to( Swabey, Henry Birch ' field Swabey, of Doctors' Cornva °l ;' t tiey , t Caroline 'Cattley, widow of the late Robert Janws C' vreseot 1 Wandsworth-common, Esq„ and daughter of the late John _. at, of St. Petersburgh, Esq. rler Dlil- On the 14th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Alexan.- _ t , Esq., of York Terrace, Regent's Park, second son of the L-2 0 gal Liam Brandt, Esq., of Archangel, St. Petersburgh, ' cop , ' Esperance, second daughter of Emanuel Henry Brandt , •'-' Chester-terrace, Regent's Palk. DIED. of g s/f e d At the Vicarage, Ormskirk, on Tuesday, the 10th daY be loir being the 34th anniversary of her birth-day Harrifrt, f i r e ter °( wife of the Rev. Joshua Thomas Horton, anAhe eldest ca,; oo tY ° Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketk, Bart., of Rufford Ilall , '' 0 Lancaster. E' P i! -Q ' On the 12th inst., aged 18, Ann, eldest daughter of eo Esq., of Ashwood House, Dudley, Staffordshir e. A li. Cha ri On the Bth inst., at Queen's-row,-Pimlico, aged 73 ' -, • f Claus., one of his Majesty's late Foreign 111e -sego ,ft Ce tOr On A C th h e els l ea lt , h, aged 64, the Rev. James Ellis, Al.'" of Sunbury, Middl a e g se e x d . 82, Ashurst, Sussex. . ~ ~,, Esq . ' . On the 12th inst., . aged 22, Matilda Sophia , ) of Mr. W W Frances, widow of. K. Pleug -, F e W. Wood Uer Stamford-street. . °lnge : a d j a e u s gbitet: On the 10th inst at C d t of •, am en- own, aged 67, ins , cher, Esq. W. Bob On the Ilth inst., at Blackheath , aged 39 ' 31". 11 Crimscott-street, Grange-road, Bermondsey. e fort-s li ' -- io e n le ' On the 6th inst., at Hombourg, in Mont Fran n _ . , t _Co Arthur George Lambert, the youngest son of Lieute a" a 98, Sir C. D r ance, ‘..H. J n ncr , ag e On the 7th inst., at Widford, Herts, Mrs., Jane e .00 , formerly of Lime-street, London. 're. il l 'a' kinghanisht _, se On the 13th inst., at Langley. Lodge, flue I wife of Thotn. sequence of fire, aged 31, Catherine Elizabeti, Peter ton Forman, Esq. 1 7, ' P ' ----------------------------------'Y 0 UN 0 . ° ou ot 1 London: Printed and Published by_MURD(:), ra _a , i n the c 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, ift u of Midillesex. THE FRENCH PRINCES IN GERMANY.-BER- LIN, April 20.—1 n a few weeks, and at the latest about the Bth or 10th of May, as we hear, the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours will arrive here, in consequence of an invitation from the King, and after some stay will go to Vienna. It is said that overtures hare been made for a family alliance between a great German house and the younger branch of the Bourbons. The apartments formerly occupied by the late King Frederick William 11., in the Royal Palace, arc already getting ready for the reception of these illustrious visitors. As these two Princes have been brought up with military strictness, and are said to be very fond of warlike exercises, various military fes tivities and reviews in the vicinity of Kretabeig will be prepared for them. Prince Charles of Hesse, bridegroom of the -Prin cess Elizabeth, has lately arrived, and will also be present at these reviews. This young Prince is much liked here, being a very fine and handsome man. It is said that The more friendly intercourse with the Royal Family of France will most probably lead to a final amicable arrangement between Hol land and Belgium, which is the more likely to be effected in the autumn, since it appears pretty certain on the arrival of his Majesty, our King, in the Rhenish provinces, the heir ap parent of the French Throne will come, among other Princes, to pay his compliments to the King. The family meeting, which is expected to take place at Berlin, after the autumnal reviews, may be more brilliant and numerous than was at first expected. The Queen of Holland, whose palace is ready for her reception, will soon be here, and stay several months. The Empress of Russia will be accompanied on her visit to Ems by the two eldest Grand Duchesses, will afterwards spend some weeks at Potsdam, and return to St. Petersburgh with the Emperor, who will come to fetch her.— German Paper. • MOTHER CHURCH.—The following Tale of Woe is respectfully dedicated to the Commissioners for building new Churches :—A few weeks back it was our melancholy duty to announce that Brackley Church (the building so called), with all its monuments, arches, tombs, trophies, and other venerable associations, had come to the hammer, and, moreover, that the highest bidder was a Wesleyan, to whom, of course, the lot was knocked down. The news seemed " passing s t r ange" and " wondrous pitiful." Day after day and week after week elapsed, and still the vision of Brackley Church, sold by public auction, and plundered by the Methodists, continually haunted us. So deeply wera we, as friends of the Church by law established, interested in the fate of. that e cclesiastical relic, that we are resolved to visit the identical spot, to ascertain with our own eyes and ears whether or not the incredible story was true. Gentle reader Iwe found it .even so—yea worse ; indescribably worse than our gloomiest a pprehensions led us to forbode. The Ark has fallen into the hands of the Philistines —the Church is levelled with the ground —the whole of that magnificent pile (with the exception of a surviving and dis consolate wall or two) is a heap of desolation—her ruins are sold and carted like rude stones from the quarry, or rubbish from the street ; -and such is the triumph of schism, and so powerful the love of money, that a goodly portion of what was the visible Church has been re-sold by the \Vesleyans, and is shortly destined to wear the form and bear the name of an independent Chapel. —Northampton Chronicle. i _~'~ !